The members of the research group in health economics carry out research on a wide specter of themes. We emphasize that our work builds on solid theoretical-economic foundations, but most of the research is empirical. We apply econometric methods as well as experimental approaches, and use both small data-sets and large national databases.
The members of the research group have a comprehensive national and international network, and are also well connected to administration and practitioners in the Norwegian system of health care and long-term care.
It is our ambition that our research should be relevant to practitioners, but that the quality and approaches at the same time are such that we contribute to the international research literature. We secure this through presenting our work at major international conferences and publishing it in well-recognized international journals.
Research topics include:
- Demand for health care and long-term care services
- Allocation of health care and long-term care services
- Pricing health care and long-term care services
- Ethical foundations for prioritizing in health care and long-term care
- Municipalities’ priority-setting in long-term care
- Insurance through public provision of heath care and long-term care
- Functionality and rehabilitation
- Living-arrangements for elderly and disabled